EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — White Sands National Park will be hosting its first “Full Moon Night” event of the year with award-winning mariachi band, Mariachi Aguilas de Las Cruces. In partnership with the Western National Parks Association, the event will be at 8:15 p.m. on Friday, June 21, at the park’s outdoor amphitheater. The […]
There’s a vast expanse in New Mexico where you can hike barefoot, sled any time of the year and feel like you’re on another planet. Welcome to White Sands National Park. A national monument until 2019, White Sands National Park is home to the largest gypsum dune field in the world – gypsum being a […]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A wildfire that forced thousands of residents from their homes in western Canada’s oil sands hub of Fort McMurray earlier this month is now under control, Alberta officials said Wednesday. Alberta wildlife officials said the blaze remains less than six kilometers (3.7 miles) from the community and is about 190 […]
FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) — Residents who were ordered out of Canada’s oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, due to a nearby wildfire are clear to return home, authorities said Saturday. The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo lifted the evacuation order for the Abasand, Beacon Hill, Prairie Creek and Grayling Terrace neighborhoods on the […]
FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) — A wildfire that has forced thousands of people out of their homes in Canada’s oil sands hub city of Fort McMurray was held in place Thursday, as rain and cooler temperatures swept the area. Alberta provincial wildfire information officer Christie Tucker said the blaze remained out of control — the […]
Mar. 25—Above ground or below, the air in a pair of New Mexico’s best-known natural parks is … well, bad, at least according to a new study. Two of the state’s most popular national parks — Carlsbad Caverns and White Sands — were listed among the 10 worst in the country for air quality out […]
Canada’s oil producers plan higher output for this year and expect to earn more from their heavy crude once the long-delayed expanded Trans Mountain Pipeline enters into service. The start date of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) is the key uncertainty this year for the Canadian oil industry, the benchmark Canadian heavy oil prices, […]